Ahoy! This bourbon barrel-aged sea monster of a stout has emerged form the depths of our barrel cellar after summering quietly for the past year. Enjoy the swirling typhoon of chocolate, dark fruit, and smooth bourbon flavors while wearing an eyepatch and feeding your most colorful parrot.

this is fan-tastic. Pashel turned me onto this guy last year with the regular version. The BA version is even better! perserves all of the great flavors with an added layer of vanilla and bourbon. wb knows how to barrel age with the best of them.ive had a ton of baltic ba beers, thus ranks near the top!

A: 9/12 - lots of dark roasted coffee, espresso, dark chocolate and stone fruit; unfortunately, the barrel-aged qualities don't shine through as much as I'd like here but there is still some detectable cocunut and vanilla-ish barrel aroma; alcohol presence in the nose as well; no hops and no flaws

T: 15/20 - on the front of the tongue, the dark roasted bitterness hits aggressively, but is closely followed by a caramel, toffee and molasses sweetness; the chocolate and stone fruits continue as the flavor panel develops; large alcohol presence; finishes dry and inviting but still clearly a sipper

0: 9/10 - an excellent barrel-aged IS; the main reason why this isn't a 10 is that the barrel-qualities did not shine through enough for me, and I wonder if this tastes much different than it's base; regardless, this is another recommended offering from Westbrook and, at $15/bomber, the price is about right